Stanley the impossible life of Africa's greatest explorer
Henry Morton Stanley was a cruel imperialist, who connived with King Leopold II of Belgium in horrific crimes against the people of the Congo - or so we think. Tim Jeal shows that this perception is not true. Now, abundant new documentary evidence allows Jeal to show just how misunderstood Stanley&#...
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| 264 | 1 | |a London |b Faber |c 2008. | |
| 300 | |a xiii, 570 p., [16] p. of plates |b illustrations, maps, portraits (some colour) |c 20 cm. | ||
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| 500 | |a Originally published: 2007. | ||
| 504 | |a Includes bibliographical references and index | ||
| 505 | 0 | |a Dreams of love and freedom -- In the name of the father -- A terrible freedom -- An accident-prone apprenticeship -- War correspondent -- How are we to be married? -- The long-imagined quest -- 'I cannot die!' -- Canonizing Dr Livingstone -- 'Fame is useless to me' -- A destiny resumed -- Love and the longest journey -- The island of death -- 'The great struggle with this mystery' -- 'I hate evil and love good' -- A colony for a king -- A banquet in Paris -- After the slave raids -- Who stole the Congo? -- A pawn in great power politics -- 'A king of innocence' -- Why rescue Emin Pasha? -- A fateful decision -- The enigma of Emin Pasha -- 'Evil hangs over this forest...' -- Keeping Emin Pasha's secret -- The shape of things to come... -- Dorothy's other love -- Was the Emin Pasha expedition piratical? -- Africa or a child -- An end to 'noble objects' -- Stanley, Leopold and the atrocities -- 'Before it is too late.' | |
| 520 | |a Henry Morton Stanley was a cruel imperialist, who connived with King Leopold II of Belgium in horrific crimes against the people of the Congo - or so we think. Tim Jeal shows that this perception is not true. Now, abundant new documentary evidence allows Jeal to show just how misunderstood Stanley's life has been. | ||
| 592 | |b 07/04/2015 |c Hadiah & Sumbangan |h Mej. Iskandar W. Crafter | ||
| 600 | 1 | 0 | |a Stanley, Henry M |q (Henry Morton) |d 1841-1904. |
| 600 | 1 | 0 | |a Livingstone, David |d 1813-1873. |
| 600 | 0 | 0 | |a Léopold |b II, |c King of the Belgians |d 1835-1909. |
| 600 | 1 | 0 | |a Stanley, Dorothy |c Lady |d -1926. |
| 600 | 0 | 0 | |a Emin Pasha |d 1840-1892. |
| 611 | 2 | 0 | |a Emin Pasha Relief Expedition |d (1887-1889) |
| 650 | 0 | |a Explorers |z Great Britain |v Biography. | |
| 651 | 0 | |a Africa, Sub-Saharan |x Discovery and exploration. | |
| 651 | 0 | |a Africa, Central |x History |y 1884-1960. | |
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